Watch this episode to learn how elite sports coaches can apply “Empathic Coaching” to improve performance and morale.

Dr. Peter Sear is the author of Empathic Leadership: Lessons from Elite Sport and founder of The Empathic Minds Organization which offers leadership programs and team-building. In this episode, he shares why Empathic Coaching is on the rise and why it’s useful within business contexts as well. He also describes how empathy gets the best from players (and employees) and can be used to motivate teams.

00:00 Preview
00:42 Introduction
01:00 About Peter Sear
02:37 The shift towards empathic coaching in the last two decades
05:04 Does empathy hinder or improve performance?
08:12 Why athletic performance is 90% psychology
11:43 Strategies for creating a sense of belonging on a team
13:33 Why does “Empathic coaching” benefit players AND coaches?
16:32 How empathic coaching is applicable to the business world
17:55 Are there sport-specific variations in coaching styles?
22:22 The importance of getting to know an athlete’s whole story
27:25 Empathic coaching strategies to bring home the trophy
30:05 Self empathy for coaches
31:15 Leveraging empathy in the pre-match talk: How to get the most out of players
33:37 Reading the atmosphere and understanding the fans
34:58 Translating Empathic Coaching practices for the corporate sector
36:42 Coaching kids with empathy: the emphasis should not be about results
38:50 To focus on weaknesses or strengths?
41:18 How Peter’s work has influenced his personal life
44:47 Peter Sear’s Purposeful Empathy Story

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Show Notes
Empathic Leadership https://www.amazon.com/Empathic-Leade...
The War of Art (Pressfield)
Turn the Ship Around (book)
Apple TV: Ted Lasso
Peter’s Psychology Today article about Ted Lasso: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/bl...
The Archetypical Empathic Leader https://search.app/aur8qzxiQPaUgEwZ7

Video edited by David Tsvariani